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Book jacket with title "Warfare in the Middle Ages"

History Professor Explores War鈥檚 Impact on Global Societies

The impact of war on societies across the globe from the third to sixteenth centuries is the subject of a new book by David Bachrach, professor of history. 鈥淲arfare in the Global Middle Ages鈥 (Routledge Press, 2025) explores how societies in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas organized for war... Read More

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